Wes Craven
American filmmaker (1939–2015)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- August 2, 1939 · Cleveland
- Died
- August 30, 2015 · Los Angeles
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film screenwriter, film producer, screenwriter, actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1984 · United States · horror, thriller, crime
National Film Registry (inducted 2021) · Empire 500 (2008) #162 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.714 citations - 2
1996 · United States · horror, comedy, mystery
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1997 #9 · Empire 500 (2008) #482 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.583 citations - 3
1991 · United States · horror, comedy, crime
Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 27 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1972The Last House on the Left
- 1975The Fireworks Woman
- 1977The Hills Have Eyes
- 1978Stranger in Our House
- 1981Deadly Blessing
- 1982Swamp Thing
- 1984A Nightmare on Elm Street
- 1984Invitation to Hell
- 1984The Hills Have Eyes Part II
- 1985Wes Craven's Chiller
- 1986Casebusters
- 1986Deadly Friend
- 1988The Serpent and the Rainbow
- 1989Shocker
- 1990Night Visions
- 1991The People Under the Stairs
- 1994Wes Craven's New Nightmare
- 1995Vampire in Brooklyn
- 1996Scream
- 1997Scream 2
- 1999Music of the Heart
- 2000Scream 3
- 2005Cursed
- 2005Red Eye
- 2006Paris, je t'aime
- 2010My Soul to Take
- 2011Scream 4